January 2nd, 2014 - 07:29 GMT The Suez canal: the only lifeline left for Egypt's much needed economic revolution? Nearly 150 years after it was constructed by French engineers in the reign of the Khedive Ismail, the 120 mile Suez Canal is one of the world’s energy’s three great naval chokepoints, along with the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca. Read more
